Mama Maggie, Cairo's Guardian Angel
Next to the Bible itself, perhaps the best source of spiritually nourishing reading material is what many call "the lives of the saints." That is, stories of fellow believers in ages past whose extraordinary lives convict us, inspire us, and draw us closer to Jesus.
Many of you I'm sure have read Augustine's "Confessions." Or maybe Corrie ten Boom's "The Hiding Place." Perhaps you've read Elisabeth Elliot's books about her missionary husband Jim Elliot, who found martyrdom in the Amazon. And dare I add "Bonhoeffer"?
While it's great reading about the lives of the faithful who have gone before us, I find it especially inspiring to read about those who still walk among us.
And inspired is what you'll be if you pick up a copy of a new book released just this week about the woman I had lunch with an hour ago, Maggie Gobran, the so-called "Mother Teresa of Egypt." The book is called "Mama Maggie: The Untold Story of One Woman's Mission to Love the Forgotten Children of Egypt's Garbage Slums."
